# 男女
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nánnǚ
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naam$^4$ neoi$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-ńg
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-lú / lâm-lír / lâm-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lam$^5$ neng$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nánnǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nánnyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: nan$^2$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: nán-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanneu
*** Palladius: наньнюй (nanʹnjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /nän³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naam$^4$ neoi$^5$
*** Yale: nàahm néuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naam$^4$ noey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nam$^4$ nêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːm²¹ nɵy̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-ńg
*** Hakka Romanization System: nam$^ˇ$ ng$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: nam$^2$ ng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-lú
*** Tâi-lô: lâm-lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lamluo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-lír
*** Tâi-lô: lâm-lír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-lí
*** Tâi-lô: lâm-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lamlie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lam$^5$ neng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm nṳ́ng
*** Sinological IPA : /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nɯŋ⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: nom nrjoX
Rime :
| Character | 男 | 女 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 那含切 | 尼吕切 |
| Baxter | nom | nrjoX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /nʌm/ | /ɳɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /nəm/ | /ɳiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /nɒm/ | /niɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nəm/ | /ɳɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /nᴀm/ | /niɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /nɒm/ | /nĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /năm/ | /ni̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nán | nǚ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | naam$^4$ | neoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤ[ə]m nraʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*nuːm naʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 男 | 女 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | nán | nǚ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nom › | ‹ nrjo$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*nˁ[ə]m/ | /*nraʔ/ |
| English | man, male | female |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 男 | 女 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 9354 | 9616 |
| Phonetic component | 男 | 女 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 南 | |
| Old Chinese | /*nuːm/ | /*naʔ/ |

### Noun

男女
* man and woman; men and women; both sexes
    男女比例失衡 ― nánnǚ bǐlì shīhéng ― sex ratio imbalance
    男女同工同酬。 ― Nánnǚ tónggōngtóngchóu. ― Men and women should get equal pay for equal work.
       Nánnǚ dāpèi, gànhuó bù lèi. [Pinyin]
       Men and women are more efficient when they work together.
    From: 421, Tao Yuanming, 桃花源記 (The Peach Blossom Spring)
    Qízhōng wǎnglái zhǒngzuò, nánnǚ yīzhù, xī rú wàirén. [Pinyin]
    There were people walking back and forth, busying themselves with planting crops. The clothing of the men and women was just like those of the ones outside.
* (literary, in general) common people; the masses
* (literary) sexual desire; lust
* (literary) sons and daughters; children
* (literary) Term of address for, or a humble term of address used by, a person who has low social status.
* (literary) A term of abuse.

#### Derived terms

* 喬男女 / 乔男女
* 小男女
* 潑男女 / 泼男女
* 男女不親授 / 男女不亲授
* 男女同校 (nánnǚ tóngxiào)
* 男女大事
* 男女平權 / 男女平权
* 男女平等
* 男女授受不親 / 男女授受不亲 (nánnǚ shòushòubùqīn)
* 男女有別 / 男女有别 (nánnǚyǒubié)
* 男女老少 (nánnǚlǎoshào)
* 男女老幼 (nánnǚlǎoyòu)
* 男女關係 / 男女关系 (nánnǚ guānxì)
* 男男女女 (nánnánnǚnǚ)
* 童男女
* 老少男女 (lǎoshàonánnǚ)
* 飲食男女 / 饮食男女 (yǐnshínánnǚ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 男女(だんじょ) (danjo)
* → Korean: 남녀(男女) (namnyeo)
* → Vietnamese: nam nữ (男女)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 男 | 女 |
| だん Grade: 1 | じょ Grade: 1 |
| kan'on ||
Kanji in this term :
| 男 | 女 |
| なん Grade: 1 | にょ Grade: 1 |
| goon ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) だんじょ [dáꜜǹjò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [dã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

### Noun

男(だん)女(じょ) or 男(なん)女(にょ) • (danjo or nannyo) (counter 人)
* man and woman, men and women; both sexes
* boy and girl, boys and girls

#### Derived terms

* 男女混声
* 男女兼用 unisex
* 男女別
* 男女混成
* 老若男女(ろうにゃくなんにょ) (rōnyakunannyo)

#### Related terms

* 性別
* 性

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 男 | 女 |

### Noun

男女 • (namnyeo) (hangeul 남녀)
* hanja form of 남녀 (“man and woman”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 男 | 女 |

### Noun

男女
* chữ Hán form of nam nữ (“man and woman”).